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Copyright, 1907 

THE C. M. CLARK PUBLISHING CO. 
Boston, Massachusetts 
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Entered at 

Stationer’s Hall, London 


TOPICS 


CHAPTERS - PAGE 

I. Little Betty’s Neighbors. 7 

11 . Betty’s Early Caller. 13 

III. The Coming Party. 24 

IV. The Little Girls Vote. 32 

V. Betty Carries Invitations. 40 

VI. Danny Madj^’ Happy. 47 

VII. A Busy Day in the Garden. 54 

VIII. The Lawn Party. 62 

IX. The Guests Arrive. 70 

X. The Fun Begins. 80 

XL ‘‘ London Bridge. ” 92 

XII. A Happy Surprise. 98 


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Little Betty Marigold Frontispiece 

PAGE 

“With a Card in her Hand, Saying 

‘Read This ’ ’’ 26 

“ Up Dashed Polly Primrose on her 

Pony” 29 ^ 

“The Vote was Soon Taken ” 37 ^ 

Betty Visits the Danddion Family 41 . 

Little Polly at the Farm 60 ^ 

“The Table Piled High with Good 

Things ” 68 ^ 

“Madam Aster Looked Indeed a Star” 71 
“ They were Now Able to View Every 

Part of the Garden ” 82 

“ London Bridge ” 93^ 

“ Drop the Handkerchief ” 94 

“The Gardener Came Tugging a 

Huge Tub” 10 1 

“Looked so like a Real Bunny” 103 

Let us Repeat our Motto ” 106 


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A 1 . 


CHAPTER I 


LITTLE BETTY'S 
NEIGHBORS 

Little Betty Mar-i-gold 
lived in such a pretty home, 
and had ev-ery-thing that 
a sweet, lov-a-ble little girl 
could wish for. 

This cottage home was in 
the corner of an old-fash- 
ioned but very beau-ti-ful 
garden. Borders of box 
were across the paths, and 
came up on either side. 

7 


Little Betty had hard work 
sometimes to walk through 
them. 

A flight of stone steps led 
down into this garden, — 
steps very steep, narrow and 
slip-per-y with green moss. 

On each side arose ter- 
ra-ces to the street. On 
these ter-ra-ces, little Miss 
Crocus and Miss Snowdrop 
had their homes. 

These little ladies wore a 
dream of spring on their 
smiling faces, and were such 
early callers that little Betty 
never saw them in her gar- 
den home. 


Patience Daf-fo-dil, a 
charming little girl, came to 
this pleasant garden, but 
could only stay so short a 
time that little Betty never 
yet had met her. 

Patience was a gay and 
happy little girl, always 
dancing and laughing with 
the wind, happy as the day 
was long. 

She was cheerful and 
sunny in dis-po-si-tion, and 
made all her friends and 
play-mates glad to welcome 
her. 

On one side of the Mar- 
i-gold cottage lived little 

9 


Jane Poppy, a-no-ther very 
kind-hearted little girl, and 
on the other side, in a lar- 
ger house, — indeed almost 
a palace, it seemed to little 
Betty, — lived the happy- 
faced Pansy sisters, one of 
the most cheerful fam-i-lies 
in this old garden. 

These pretty sisters were 
called Ella, Ethel, Etta and 
Ellen. 

Surely no sweeter place 
could be found for a home 
than the old garden, hav- 
ing for a fence the borders 
of box, and within it such 
pleasant fam-i-lies as the 
10 


Cro-cus-es, Snowdrops, 
Daf-fo-dils, Mar-i-golds, 
Poppies, Pansies, Hol-ly- 
hocks. Foxgloves, Forget- 
me-nots, Prim-ros-es, Morn- 
ing Glories, Sweet Peas, 
Daisies, Asters and Dan- 
de-lions. 

At no time was the gar- 
den sweeter than at the 
close of day. Then the 
sweetness coming from 
those within arose on the 
night air, causing the pass- 
er-by to stop and look at 
this garden of delight, 
where so much beauty lived. 

So, you see, the place 
11 


where happy, cheerful little 
girls live will surely be no- 
ticed, and they, by their 
lives, will cause others to 
want to grow more like 
them, making themselves 
lovely to the heart as well 
as to the eye. 



12 


CHAPTER II 


BETTT’S EARLY 
CALLER 

Just across the 
road from little Bet- 
ty Mar-i-gold was Madam 
Aster’s private school. 

Among her pupils were 
little Alice Hol-ly-hock, lit- 
tle Jane Poppy, Fannie and 
Mary Foxglove, Susan and 
Bertha Forget-me-not, Polly 
Primrose, Emma Morning 
Glory, Har-ri-et and Agnes 


Sweet Pea, and two or three 
of the Daisy fam-i-ly. 

All these little girls knew 
and loved Betty Mar-i-gold. 
They were always glad to 
visit her pretty home. 

The cottage in which 
Betty lived had been 
painted a light shade of yel- 
low, with soft brown trim- 
mings, and there were pret- 
ty green vines running up 
the side of the porch, and 
along the roof, reaching 
Betty’s window. 

It was very early one 
bright, clear morning in 
June, when little Betty 

14 


Mar- i -gold stood at this 
same window, wishing that 
she might stay away from 
school that day, and she 
had fully made up her mind 
to ask her mamma if she 
would allow her to do so, 
when she heard a timid rap 
at the porch door. 

“Who can that be,” she 
thought. It must be some 
member of that new fam-i- 
ly called the Dan-de-lions, 
who have just moved into 
the neigh-bor-hood. 

“I have been told that 
they are very common in- 
deed, and of course no one 


15 


else would be calling so 
early in the morning. 

“Oh dear me! What shall 
I do! I have none of my 
morning’s work fin-ish-ed. 
There are the dishes to be 
washed, beds to be made, 
sweeping and dusting to be 
done, and I am sure the 
sitting room is a sight. 

“However, I must hurry 
to the door, as it would not 
be polite to keep them 
waiting, even if it were only 
one of the Dan-de-lion fam- 
i-ly. I must see what is 
wanted.” 

As little Betty rushed 

16 


down the stairs and across 
the hall, she stopped to 
take a peep at herself in 
the mirror. 

It might, after all, be 
someone else, and she was 
afraid her fluffy golden hair 
was looking very un-ti-dy. 

Perhaps I did not tell you 
that little Betty Mar-i-gold 
belonged to the old fam-i- 
ly of Mar-i-golds, and that 
they were very prim and 
staid in their i-de-as, not at 
all like Betty’s cousins who 
lived in Cal-i-for-nia. They 
thought of nothing else but 
beau-ti-ful dresses. 


17 


As little Betty neared the 
door she peeped through 
the side window, and al- 
most fainted when she saw, 
not any member of the com- 
mon Dan-de-lion fam-i-ly, 
as she had ex-pect-ed, but 
instead there stood little 
Ethel Pansy, waiting for 
someone to open the door. 

Now if there was any one 
in the whole neigh-bor-hood 
of whom little Betty stood 
in awe, it was the Pansy 
fam-i-ly. 

She opened the door slow- 
ly, and in a low, timid voice 
in-vit-ed Ethel to come into 


18 


the sitting room, at the 
same time saying, “I am 
so glad you have come to 
visit me. Are you staying 
home from school to-day?” 

“Oh no, Betty dear. I 
would not miss a day at 
school. Only sickness could 
keep me at home. 

“I came over to talk with 
you about the lawn party 
that Madam Aster is plan- 
ning for all her pupils. 

“It is to be one day next 
week, and little Alice Hol- 
ly-hock came over to our 
house last e-ven-ing and 
said she thought we ought to 

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invite the Dan-de-lion fam- 
i-ly, although they do not 
attend our school. 

“Of course you have 
heard that they are very 
poor, and such a large fam- 
i-ly too. 

“My sisters and little Pol- 
ly Primrose seem to think 
that if they are in-vit-ed 
there will be little room for 
anyone else; that if they 
once started to come, they 
would cover the entire lawn. 
We want to know what you 
think about it. 

“Sister Ellen has gone to 
talk with the Sweet Pea 


20 


girls and the Daisy fam-i- 
ly, and little Polly Primrose 
said she would ride her po- 
ny out to the Forget-me- 
nots early this morning, and 
ask them how they feel 
about it. 

“Of course we all know 
that the Dan-de-lion fam- 
i-ly is a very old fam-i-ly, 
but has always been so very 
poor, there are so many of 
them,” and little Miss Ethel 
Pansy drew herself up 
proudly, tossing her pretty 
head of reddish-brown 
curls. 

She knew too well about 


21 


her papa’s great wealth. 

Little Ethel Pansy and 
her sisters always wore soft, 
pretty silks and velvets for 
their gowns, and were con- 
sid-ered very pretty girls. 
They lived in a most beau- 
ti-ful home. 

Little Ethel had deep vi- 
o-let eyes, and such a wealth 
of soft, reddish-brown hair. 

Etta had eyes as blue as 
the summer skies, with gold- 
en curls, which, in the sun- 
shine, looked like threads 
of gold. 

Ella’s eyes were dark 
brown, and her pink cheeks 

22 


were as soft as velvet. 

Little Ellen Pansy, the 
youngest of the Pansy sis- 
ters, had such deep vi-o-let 
eyes, that they were almost 
black, and long, wavy hair 
of the same color. 

She was called the pret- 
ti-est child in the Pansy 
fam-i-ly, and indeed was 
thought by many to be the 
most beau-ti-ful little girl 
that lived in this old-fash- 
ioned garden. 



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THE COMING PARTT 


Little Betty Mar-i-gold 
had a very tender heart, 
and she had been thinking 
as fast as she could all the 
time that little Ethel Pansy 
had been talking. 

“Oh dear me!” she 
thought. “ I am so sorry 
for the poor Dan-de-lion 
fam-i-ly. Now, I might be 
re-al-ly poor myself, and 


they would not invite me 
to the lawn party. 

“How very sad I should 
feel if I could not go, and I 
am sure that those little 
Dan-de-lion girls will feel 
just the same as I do. 

“I must use my in-flu- 
ence with all the other girls, 
and try to have Madam 
Aster invite them.” 

She slid out of the chair 
where she had been sitting 
qui-et-ly thinking, thinking, 
thinking. 

She must act, and quick- 
ly too. 

She flew across the room. 


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and was soon pulling a 
number of cards from an old- 
fashioned box that stood on 
a table, among books, toys 
and many of little Betty’s 
playthings. Her mother had 
given her this table for her 
own. 

She soon found what she 
was looking for, and re- 
turned to Ethel with a card 
in her hand, saying, “Read 
this. 

“My Sunday school teach- 
er gave this to me last Sun- 
day, and X just thought of 
these beau-ti-ful words. 
Teacher said that we should 


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do just as they read.” 

Little Ethel took the card, 
and slowly read aloud : 

“We must do for others 
as we would have others do 
for us.” 

Now, although the Pansy 
sisters were very proud, they 
had kind hearts, and the 
tears came into little Ethel’s 
eyes as she said : 

“How kind you are, dear 
Betty. You are right. We 
must have the Dan-de-lion 
fam-i-ly at our lawn party. 
Perhaps we can help them 
by giving them some of our 
pretty dresses to wear.” 

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Again little Betty Mar-i- 
gold was silent. Then she 
answered : 

“No, Ethel dear, that 
would make them feel bad- 
ly, I know. We had better 
let them go in their little 
yellow dresses. They would 
be hap-pi-er, I am sure.” 

“You are always right, 
Betty dear. Now I must be 
going, as it will soon be time 
for school, and I see I have 
kept you from your morn- 
ing’s work. 

“You are so good to help 
your mother as you do. I 
must try to do more to help 

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“Up Dashed Polly Primrose on Her Pony.” 










my dear mother, who is al- 
ways so kind to me.” 

Just as they opened the 
door, up dashed Polly Prim- 
rose on her pony. 

She had just returned 
from her visit to Susan and 
Bertha Forget-me-not. 

She jumped to the ground, 
and ran up the steps of the 
porch, to where Ethel and 
Betty stood. 

“Oh Ethel, what do you 
think! Both Susan and 
Bertha agree that the Dan- 
de-lion fam-i-ly should be 
in-vit-ed.” 

Little Betty smiled as she 

29 


thought: “I am not alone. 
I am so glad that they think 
as I do.” 

Little Ethel still held in 
her hand the card that Bet- 
ty had given her. 

She passed it to little Pol- 
ly, saying, “Read this.” 

Little Polly took the card 
and read, in a low voice : 

‘“We must do for others 
as we would have others do 
for us.’ 

“These words are beau-ti- 
ful, Ethel dear, and I am 
sure I know where you got 
this card. It is just like dear 
Betty Mar-i-gold,” and she 


30 


threw her arms around little 
Betty’s neck, giving her a 
loving hug and kiss, and 
at the same time saying : 

“I do wish I might be as 
good as you are, Betty dear.” 

“I must leave you now,” 
said Betty. “I have much 
to do before I start for 
school, and it is eight o’clock 
this very minute.” 



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CHAPTER IV 



THE LITTLE GIRLS 
VOTE 

Betty entered the house 
quickly, went di-rect-ly to 
her room, made her bed, and 
put ev-ery-thing in perfect 
order. 

She then ran down stairs, 
and into the pantry, think- 
ing to help her mother with 
the breakfast dishes, but 
found that while she had 
been talking with Ethel, her 
mother had been very busy, 

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and now stood smiling at 
her surprise. 

“Well, my dear little 
daughter, is there anything 
troubling you this bright 
morning ?” 

Then little Betty told her 
mother the whole story, and 
what she had done. 

Her mother kissed her 
sweet, upturned face, and 
said : 

“You did just right, sweet- 
heart. I am very proud of 
my little girl. Always be 
kind and gen-er-ous to those 
who have less than you 
have, dearie.” 


33 


It was with a very light 
heart that little Betty turned 
her steps towards school. 

Little Emma Morning 
Glory was one of the first to 
meet her. 

She left the group of girls, 
and ran across the lawn, 
nearly out of breath as she 
came up to little Betty. 

“Oh Betty dear! Polly 
has been showing that card 
which you gave to her to 
all the girls, and I am sure 
we feel very dif-fer-ent about 
the Dan-de-lion fam-i-ly 
coming to the lawn party. 

“We had de-cid-ed to vote 


34 


just as soon as you and the 
Forget-me-not girls arrived, 
and here they come now. 

“Madam Aster said that 
you, Betty, might hold your 
hat, and we could all drop 
a little piece of paper into 
it, with the word ‘No’ or 
‘Yes’ written on it, and if 
there were more pieces with 
‘Yes’ marked on them than 
with ‘No,’ why that would 
mean we are to invite the 
Dan-de-lion fam-i-ly. 

“She also said she hoped 
that they might all read 
‘Yes.’ ” 

Little Emma had talked 


35 


so fast, she had now to stop 
for want of breath. 

Little Betty put her arm 
about Emma’s waist, and 
they walked lov-ing-ly 
towards the girls, who were 
waiting for them. 

The stately Madam As- 
ter came down the steps 
from the school room, say- 
ing : 

“Well, my dear children, 
we shall have to hurry, as 
we have only a few minutes 
before school begins. 

“Come, little Miss Mar-i- 
gold, bring your hat, and I 
will watch while each little 


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girl drops her vote into it, 
and then we will let little 
Alice Hol-ly-hock count 
them, as she was the little 
girl who so kindly thought 
of in-vit-ing the Dan-de-lion 
fam-i-ly.” 

With light laughter, and 
many a merry word, they 
gathered around little Betty 
Mar-i-gold, and the vote was 
soon taken. 

Then little Betty handed 
her hat to little Alice Hol-ly- 
hock, who made very short 
work of counting the votes. 

Clapping her hands with 
glee, she cried : 

37 


“Every vote is ‘Yes.’ I 
cannot even find one little 
‘No.’ 

“How happy the Dan-de- 
lion girls will be to receive 
the in-vi-ta-tion. Whom 
shall we choose to carry it 
to them ?” 

“Betty Mar-i-gold ! Little 
Betty Mar-i-gold!” came a 
chorus of voices, and little 
Polly Primrose read from 
the card she still held : 

“We must do for others 
as we would have others do 
for us.” 

“This is a splendid mot- 
to,” said Madam Aster, tak- 


38 


ing the card, “and I should 
like each one of my little 
girls to read it every day, 
and then try very hard al- 
ways to follow its teachings.” 

“Agreed ! ” they answered 
in one voice. “We will try.” 

Just then the bell rang, 
and they hurried up the 
steps and into the school 
room. 



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After school, little Betty 
fairly flew to the Dan-de- 
lions’ home, which was quite 
a little distance from her 
own pretty cottage. 

As she drew near, she 
could see the Dan-de-lion 
girls at play in their front 
yard. 

Little Betty’s eyes danced 
like sunbeams, in response to 


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the hap-pi-ness in her heart 
at the thought of making 
pleasure for others. 

As she neared the gate, 
the little Dan-de-lion girls 
stopped their play, and with 
ad-mir-a-tion on their sweet 
faces watched the dainty lit- 
tle girl approach. 

They thought they had 
never seen anyone quite so 
pretty as little Betty to-day. 

She wore her dainty, 
cream-colored gown of soft 
silk, with del-i-cate green 
ribbons, and on her head a 
pretty lace bonnet, from un- 
der-neath which stole the 


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beau-ti-ful, golden, fluffy 
locks, wind-kissed, and shin- 
ing like spun gold. 

At the gate little Betty 
hes-i-tat-ed, and in a low 
voice, that to the Dan-de- 
lion children sounded like 
sweet music, said, “May I 
come in ?” 

Might she come in ! This 
beau-ti-ful fairy ! The Dan- 
de-lion sisters fell one over 
the other in their efforts to 
be first to open the gate. 

As little Betty entered 
they gathered around her, 
and stood waiting in silence 
to hear what this beau-ti-ful 


42 


creature could have to say 
to them. 

“My dear little friends,” 
Betty began, “I trust you 
will pardon my not calling 
before. I am afraid I have 
not been very neigh-bor-ly. 

“I came to-day to invite 
you all to come to our lawn 
party, which is to be given 
at Madam Aster’s private 
school next Tuesday af-ter- 
noon. 

“I invite you in the name 
of Madam Aster and all her 
pupils. We will try to make 
you have a pleasant time.” 

There was a pleased and 

43 


happy ex-pres-sion on each 
little Dan-de-lion’s face, as 
Deb-o-rah, the eldest sister, 
or Debby as she was called 
for short, stepped forward 
shyly, and held out her little 
hand to Betty. 

“I am so glad you have 
come to see us. We are such 
a large fam-il-y that we 
never get very lonesome, but 
we had thought that it would 
be ever so jolly if some of 
the little girls whom we see 
passing by would sometimes 
join us in our games. 

“And I am so very happy 
to think you are going to 


44 


have us come to your lawn 
party. You know that just 
now, in the early Spring- 
time, is when our frocks are 
new and pretty. 

“You see, we can’t have a 
number of new gowns like 
the Pansy fam-i-ly have. 
There are so many of us, 
and we are re-al-ly quite 
poor. 

“I thank you for us all. 
We shall be pleased to come. 
Won’t you come in and sit 
down? You have been 
hurrying, and must be 
tired.” 

“I will, for a few minutes,” 


45 


said little Betty, “but I re-al- 
ly cannot stay long, as I did 
nottell mamma I was coming 
here after school, and she 
will be looking for me. 

“I always lay the table 
for supper when I get home, 
and sometimes she lets me 
help her make the toast and 



46 



DANNY MADE 
HAPPY 


Betty followed lit- 
tle Deb-by into a 
very cozy sitting-room. 

There, to little Betty’s 
surprise, was a-no-ther mem- 
ber of the Dan-de-lion fam- 
i-ly she had not seen, — a 
sweet-faced little boy sitting 
in an in-va-lid’s chair. 

“This is our brother Dan- 
ny,” said little Deb-o-rah. 


“You see, he can’t play all 
the games that we do be- 
cause he is lame.” 

“Oh, you poor dear !” said 
little Betty. “If I could not 
run about I should be very 
un-hap-py. I am pleased to 
meet you, Danny, and your 
sister must bring you to our 
lawn party. 

“You will, won’t you, Deb- 
o-rah dear ? I am sure he 
would enjoy the nice things 
we shall have to eat, and he 
can watch us play the dif- 
fer-ent games. 

“I will invite Peter Pansy 
and Jimmie Hol-ly-hock to 

48 


keep you com-pan-y. They 
are just your age, Danny. 
I know you will like them. 

“Of course, this is a re-al- 
ly and truly girls’ party, but 
I know they would like to 
have you come, and I will 
tell Madam Aster that I 
have in-vit-ed you.” 

“Danny goes very little,” 
said Deb-o-rah, “and I shall 
be so glad to have him 
come.” 

Her face fairly beamed 
with bright smiles at the 
thought of giving Danny this 
pleasure, while Danny just 
bubbled over with hap-pi- 


49 


ness, and could not speak 
his thanks to little Betty, for 
laughter came instead of 
words, to think that at last 
some one had noticed lame 
Danny Dan-de-lion, and 
that he had been in-vit-ed 
to a real party with other 
boys and girls. It was al- 
most too good to be true. 

All the way home little 
Betty could not forget that 
bright little face and happy 
laugh. 

“Do for others as you 
would have others do for 
you.” 

Again she hoped they 

50 


would all agree with her. 

She skipped along, sing- 
ing as she went. 

Her mother, who had 
been anx-ious-ly waiting, 
met her at the gate, with 
sweet, wel-com-ing kisses. 

“What makes my little 
girl so late?” she said. “I 
was be-gin-ning to get wor- 
ried about you, dear.” 

She threw her arms about 
her mother’s neck, giving 
her a kiss on the cheek, then 
stepping back, she made a 
polite little court-e-sy. 

“So, Madam Mar-i-gold, 
you were re-al-ly worried 

51 


about your little girl. Well, 
I am safe and very happy, 
— ^very happy. Mamma dear. 

“I have been calling at 
the home of the Dan-de-lion 
fam-i-ly, that is why I am 
late. I had such a pleasant 
visit.” 

She then told her mother 
about Danny, and how she 
had in-vit-ed him to the 
lawn party, and how pleased 
he had been. 

A little chirp from the 
vine-covered window as they 
neared the porch told Betty 
that her pet ca-na-ry had 
heard her voice, and was 


52 


looking for his supper, which 
was a bit late on account 
of Betty’s visit to the Dan- 
de-lion fam-i-ly. 

Little Betty trilled back 
in answer, “I am coming, 
Dickie, I am coming,” as 
she went up the steps two 
at a time. 



53 



A BUST DAT IN THE 
GARDEN 


SaT-UR-DAY was always a 
busy day with all the little 
flower fam-i-lies in this old- 
fashioned garden. 

Very early indeed it was 
when little Betty Mar-i-gold 
had her breakfast, because 
this was to be a spec-ial-ly 
busy day on account of the 
many things that were to 

54 


be gotten ready for the lawn 
party. 

There were pies and tarts, 
cakes and cookies to be 
made, and each little girl 
had promised to do her 
share. 

Little Betty went across 
the garden to see if she could 
find any apples. 

But no, she ought to have 
known better! It was too 
early in the season for them. 

On her way home she 
met the kind-hearted gar- 
den-er, who told her she 
could have all the straw- 
ber-ries she wanted, and that 


55 


they made the best of 
tarts. 

He helped her to fill her 
basket, and just as they were 
nearing the cottage, whom 
should she meet but Polly 
Primrose, just re-turn-ing 
from an early morning ride 
on her pony. 

“I got your note last night, 
and my mother thought I 
had better make an early 
start this morning, so as to 
get back in time to help her 
with the baking. 

“I think every little girl 
in the garden is busy to-day 
pre-par-ing for the lawn 


56 


party. Just think, only 
three days away ! 

“It is quite a little ride 
over to the Hol-ly-hocks. I 
started at five o’clock. 

“Jimmie seemed to be 
very happy to think he was 
in-vit-ed, even if it was to 
help en-ter-tain the lame 
Dan-de-lion boy, and little 
Peter Pansy was de-light-ed. 

“I stopped there on my 
way back. Mother thought 
I had better ride over to tell 
you that I got the letter, and 
had at-tend-ed to ev-ery- 
thing all right. Madam As- 
ter said she was pleased to 


57 


think that her little pupil 
was so thoughtful.” 

You see, little Betty, after 
having her supper the night 
before, had written a note 
to Polly Primrose, asking 
her to carry the in-vi-ta-tions 
to the other two boys, and 
to tell Madam Aster that 
she had in-vit-ed little 
Danny Dan-de-lion. 

When these little flower 
girls had errands that took 
them some distance, they 
always called on Polly Prim- 
rose, because she was the 
only one in this old-fash- 
ioned garden who had a 
pony. 


58 


And such a dear little po- 
ny he was, too ; pure white, 
with pretty mane and long 
tail, and he could go like 
the wind, over the fences, 
across the fields and through 
the woods, — wher-ev-er lit- 
tle Polly guided him. 

“I thank you so much, 
Polly dear, for all you have 
done. Shall I see you at 
Sunday school to-mor-row 
morning ?” asked little Bet- 
ty, as she closed the gate 
and started up the path. 

“I am afraid I shall have 
to miss to-mor-row, Betty 
dear. You see. Grandma 


59 


has in-vit-ed us to spend 
Sunday with her at the old 
farm-house, and Papa would 
rather I went with him and 
Mamma, even if I do miss 
one day at Sunday school. 

“He knows I enjoy so 
much the chickens, lambs, 
little pigs, and all the an-i- 
mals on the farm. 

“I do have such fun when 
I go to Grandma’s, and she 
wrote me that there is a 
little black colt out there 
now, which I have never seen. 

“We shall be back Mon- 
day morning in time for 
school. Good-bye, Betty, 
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she rode on her little white 
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61 


CHAPTER VIII 



THE LAWN PARTY 

The little Pansy sisters 
were up with the sun this 
bright, busy morning, and 
were doing their share 
towards the coming party. 

In a-no-ther corner of the 
garden one might see the 
Forget-me-not sisters, in 
their little blue ginghams, 
with white aprons, working 
as fast as they could. 

You see, the Forget-me- 
62 


not sisters were very tiny, 
and could not work as fast 
as the Hol-ly-hock and 
Morning Glory sisters, who 
were quite like grown-up 
girls. 

The morning of the lawn 
party dawned clear and 
beau-ti-ful. 

Nature had given her 
consent to help little Betty 
Mar-i-gold by doing her 
best, 

“For what is so rare as a day 
in June, 

Then, if ever, come perfect 
days.” 

The old garden had a- 


63 


wak-en-ed after the night’s 
sleep, teeming with beauty. 

Every little cottage had 
been washed during the 
night by the kind dew, and 
lay glit-ter-ing in the morn- 
ing sunlight. 

The little girls ap-point- 
ed by Madam Aster as the 
com-mit-tee to help arrange 
the tables, choose the games 
to be played, and see that 
every one had a jolly time, 
had hearts as happy and 
cheerful as the day. 

Each little face beamed 
with joy as they hurried to 
the school grounds, to help 

64 


get ev-ery-thing ready for 
the af-ter-noon. 

Among the proud com- 
mit-tee were little Betty 
Mar-i-gold, little Polly 
Primrose, Alice Hol-ly-hock, 
Susan and Bertha Forget- 
me-not, Ethel Pansy, and 
the Morning Glory sisters. 

Over the steps leading to 
the school-room they found 
a pretty arch of cle-ma-tis 
vines, which has a soft, 
creamy blossom. 

This was where Madam 
Aster and her com-mit-tee 
were to stand, and greet 
the little vis-i-tors as they 

05 


came through the gate. 

In one corner of the 
grounds there were spread 
two long tables, covered 
with snow-white cloths, and 
laden with all the dainty 
sweets a little girl might 
wish for. 

There were buns browned 
to a turn ; there were tarts 
with bright jelly centers; 
there were cookies galore, 
some made with ginger, 
some with car-a-way seeds, 
others with sugar tops, and 
still others with currants in 
them. 

There were dark cakes 


66 


and light cakes, some with 
pink tops, some with white 
tops, and some with real 
candies in the frosting that 
covered the entire cake. 

There were dainty little 
sand-wich-es ; there were 
crackers made in all shapes, 
some like cats and dogs, oth- 
ers like flowers, heart-shaped 
ones, and every kind that a 
little girl might wish for, — 
there it was. 

At each plate was a flow- 
er named after each of our 
little girls in this old-fash- 
ioned garden. 

This was the way they 


67 


were to find their places at 
the table, — each little girl 
was to stand in front of the 
plate that had the flower 
named after her. 

These tables, piled high 
with good things, would 
cer-tain-ly be a pretty sight 
to those hungry, happy, 
tired little girls, as they were 
sure to be after the games. 

In a-no-ther corner of the 
grounds they had placed 
several little chairs and a 
small table. 

This was arranged for the 
ben-e-fit of little Danny 
Dan-de-lion, who could not 


68 



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run and play with the oth- 
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and games, and plenty of 
toys. Surely it seemed that 
they had not for-got-ten 
one thing. 

It was now nearly twelve 
o’clock and the party was 
to begin at two o’clock, so 
they must hurry home and 
change their dresses, so as 
to be back in time to help 
Madam Aster receive the 
little vis-i-tors. 



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thing was in read-i-ness, and 
under the grace-ful arch of 
clematis stood our happy 
com-mit-tee, having at its 
head the stately and charm- 
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fluffy dress of soft la-ven-der 
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lace scarf was thrown, caus- 
ing the la-ven-der to be 
softened, and adding new 
charm to this pretty face. 
An un-der-dress of green 
made a perfect background 
for her gown. 

Madam Aster looked in- 
deed a star, as her name 
means, there among her 
happy pupils. 

Next to her be-lov-ed 
teacher stood little Betty 
Mar-i-gold, joy shining from 
every feature of her happy 
face, for had not she followed 
the motto: 

“Do for others as you 


71 


would have others do for 
you”? 

She was now made happy 
by the little she had done to 
make others happy. 

Her bright yellow dress, 
with its golden-brown trim- 
iiiings, gleamed golden in 
the bright sunlight, adding 
to the group the most cheer- 
ful ap-pear-ance. 

On one side of little Betty, 
little Polly Primrose stood, 
in her clean and pretty pink 
lawn dress, shading almost 
into a white as it neared the 
waist. 

The winsome face of this 


72 


dainty little lady showed the 
pleasure she felt, and caused 
her teacher to say : 

“Well Polly, you seem 
indeed happy this af-ter- 
noon.” 

“Yes Madam,” replied 
Polly, “I think we are all 
happy. What a nice time 
we are going to have, and 
won’t the little Dan-de-lion 
girls enjoy this, and poor 
little Danny Dan-de-lion, 
too. I am so happy I could 
dance for joy.” 

Emma and Dor-o-thy 
Morning Glory, the little 
sisters who could hardly 

73 


bear to be sep-a-rat-ed for a 
minute, they thought so 
much of each other, stood 
in happy silence near Betty. 

Little Emma had chosen 
her del-i-cate purple gown, 
with lines of creamy pink 
leading up to her tiny waist. 
This little lady had made 
her party gown with scal- 
lops, somewhat in the shape 
of a bell. 

Little Emma was very 
modest and sweet. 

Her sister Dor-o-thy, as 
she stood waiting for the 
little guests to arrive, was 
most modest and shy. Ev- 

74 


ery now and then she would 
manage, when no one was 
looking, to smooth down 
her pretty blue dress, which 
was made ex-act-ly after the 
pattern of her sister’s, and, 
at the same time, squeeze 
the hand of Emma, who 
stood beside her. 

If the truth must be 
known, these little girls were 
getting sleepy, for had they 
not been awake since early 
that morning? And they 
missed their af-ter-noon nap. 

But who could stop to 
sleep when so much fun 
was going on ? 

75 


Not Emma and Dor-o- 
thy, I am sure. So they 
stood with the others, ready 
to welcome every little girl 
as she came in. 

Unlike the Morning Glo- 
ry sisters, Ethel Pansy was 
wide awake. Her little face 
was sparkling with fun and 
mischief. 

The proud and haughty 
look was gone, and she had 
made up her mind that “It 
is more blessed to give 
than to receive.” 

She was to-day going to 
give pleasure to others. She 
looked beau-ti-ful, as she 


76 


always did. It had been 
rather hard for her to choose 
which dress to wear this af- 
ter-noon, as her kind mam- 
ma always had so many 
pretty frocks ready for her. 

How-ev-er, she had taken 
from a hook in her closet a 
del-i-cate white dress, shad- 
ing from the bottom of the 
skirt up into a beau-ti-ful 
yellow. 

“It might make the poor 
Dan-de-lion girls feel bad- 
ly,” thought she, “to see me 
in one of my handsome 
dresses, so I will wear one 
nearly like theirs in color. 

77 


“After all, it is not the 
dress that makes the little 
girl, it is what she does. 

“I will try my best to show 
them to-day, by my kind 
acts, that I want them to 
have a good time.” 

Susan and Bertha Forget- 
me-not, in little dresses of 
pale blue, made all the little 
girls re-mem-ber that fun 
and frolic must be at-tend- 
ed by gentle words and kind 
deeds, to make others 
happy. 

Alice Hol-ly-hock, the 
tallest girl on the com-mit- 
tee, stood looking over the 


78 


group on the lawn, with her 
head held high. 

Alice was not haughty or 
proud, but it was quite na- 
tur-al for her to hold her 
head high, as if over-look- 
ing all the other girls. 

She was slender and tall, 
and in her crimson dress 
made a pretty patch of col- 
or among her play-mates. 



79 



nes Sweet Pea, tall and 
graceful in their white and 
pink dresses, with un-der- 
skirts of del-i-cate blue and 
darker pink, reaching al- 
most the crimson shade. 

These little girls were 
greeted by Madam Aster 
80 


and her com-mit-tee as they 
came near. 

I must tell you a secret 
about these little girls. 
When they first opened 
their eyes in this old-fash- 
ioned garden, they were 
rather sad about the way 
^iven them to grow and 
live. 

Of course you know that 
the Sweet Pea fam-i-ly are 
climbers. These little girls 
did not like the rough, dark 
cord given them to climb 
upon. 

“We would rather not live 
at all,” thought they. “This 


81 


is such a hard, rough road 
to travel.” 

But, after looking around, 
they made up their minds 
it was too pleasant a place 
for them not to make some 
effort themselves to be wor- 
thy of such a beau-ti-ful 
home. 

So they complained no 
more, but made the best of 
what was given them, and 
before long they were re- 
ward-ed. 

One morning, upon o- 
pen-ing their eyes, they 
found that from their lofty 
po-si-tion they were now 


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“ They Were Now Able to View Every Part of the Garden.” 







able to view every part of 
this charming garden. 

Although they did not 
re-al-ize their growth, little 
by little they had climbed 
to the top of the rough cord. 

A beau-ti-ful fountain, 
making music by its spark- 
ling waters, greeted their 
sight, and they could see all 
their other little flower 
friends playing about them. 

The next to arrive were 
the Daisy fam-i-ly. 

These little girls looked 
simple and pretty in their 
pure white dresses, with yel- 
low sashes. 


83 


To-day they were all 
dressed alike. They, too, 
had thought they would like 
to make the Dan-de-lion 
girls happy by wearing sash- 
es to match their dresses. 

Their pretty white frocks 
added to the picture, as they 
mingled with the many col- 
ored dresses worn by their 
play-mates. 

The little Fox-glove girls, 
Fannie and Mary, indeed 
looked charming as they 
came up the walk, in light 
green dresses, with dainty 
yellow bonnets. 

They were welcomed by 

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Madam Aster and the girls, 
and were soon busy chatting 
with their little friends 
grouped about the lawn. 

Jane Poppy came tripping 
up the path, her face aglow 
with hap-pi-ness. Her fluf- 
fy red dress fairly danced 
in the sunlight, as she swung 
from side to side. 

With little feet scarcely 
touching the ground as they 
crossed the lawn, their light 
hearts showing in their sun- 
kissed faces, came the Pansy 
sisters. 

As they neared the arch, 
they threw a kiss to their 

85 


little sister Ethel, who stood 
with Madam Aster. 

Little Ella, in a pretty, 
rose-colored gown with 
cream trimmings, and little 
rose bonnet with green 
leaves and soft flying rib- 
bons, looked a dream. 

Little Etta wore for her 
dress a deep blue silk, with 
light blue velvet trimmings, 
softened at the neck with 
creamy lace, her bright, 
sparkling eyes matching the 
blue of her gown. 

Little Ellen thought noth- 
ing could be pret-ti-er than 
her sister Ethel’s white dress, 


so wore one to match it 

With her deep vi-o-let 
eyes and long dark hair, 
she, indeed, was the most 
beau-ti-ful little girl at the 
party. 

There was quite a stir a- 
mong ev-ery-one present as 
the Dan-de-lion fam-i-ly ap- 
proached the grounds. 

Little Deb-o-rah was 
wheeling her brother Danny 
in his chair, which the For- 
get-me-not sisters had made 
beau-ti-ful that very morn- 
ing with bits of ribbon and 
wild flowers. 

He cer-tain-ly looked the 

87 


picture of con-tent-ment, 
and seemed just as happy 
as the little sisters who 
tripped along at his side. 

Although he would not 
be able to walk and run 
with the others, he had made 
up his mind to be very pa- 
tient, and show to every one 
at the lawn party how much 
he ap-pre-ci-at-ed their kind- 
ness in having him come. 

Each one of his little sis- 
ters wore her pretty new 
frock of golden yellow. 

Deb-o-rah wheeled the 
chair up the path to where 
Madam Aster stood. 


By her side were Jimmie 
Hol-ly-hock and Peter Pan- 
sy, who had just arrived, and 
were waiting with the others 
to give little Danny a good 
time. 

Madam Aster shook 
hands with little Danny, 
and each little girl in turn 
told him how glad she was 
that he could come. 

They also gave little Dan- 
ny’s sisters a warm welcome, 
and carried them off across 
the lawn to join in the 
games which were just com- 
menc-ing. Little Betty 
Mar-i-gold took it upon her- 


self to en-ter-tain little Dan- 
ny and his two boy friends. 

She wheeled his chair over 
to the spot where the table 
had been laid for his special 
en-joy-ment. 

After showing him all the 
little gifts and toys that had 
been brought for him, she 
called little Peter Pansy and 
Jimmie Hol-ly-hock, and 
taught them how to play a 
number of games. 

Little Danny thought he 
had never seen such a good 
little girl as Betty. 

Even his sister Deb-o-rah 
could not do more for him, 


90 


and he knew he loved her 
more than anyone else in 
the whole wide world. 



91 




CHAPTER XI 

^^LONDON bridge:' 


HILE little Betty was en- 
ter-tain-ing the boys, all the 
other little girls were play- 
ing such games as “London 
Bridge,” “Blind Man’s 
Buff,” “Tag,” “Drop the 
Hand-ker-chief,” “Little 
Sally Waters,” and all 
pretty out- door games. 

Of course our little read- 


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“ London Bridge.” 






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ers have played all of these 
games, but for fear some of 
them may not have done 
so, we will tell them how a 
few of these are played. 

“London Bridge”: Two 
little girls join hands up as 
high as they can reach. 
This re-pre-sents the bridge. 

Each one chooses some 
object which she is sup- 
posed to re-pre-sent, — a 
flower, or some little an-i- 
mal, or perhaps a jewel. 

All the other little girls 
pass under the bridge, hold- 
ing on to each other’s 
hands, singing — 

93 


“ London Bridge is falling down, 
Falling down, falling down, 

London Bridge is falling down, 
So fares my Lady.” 

Sud-den-ly the bridge 
falls, and the arms enclose 
one of the other little girls, 
who is kept there until she 
chooses which side she will 
be on. 

Then she steps behind 
her choice, and after all 
have made their choice, the 
tug-of-war begins. 

“Drop the Hand-ker- 
chief ” is played as follows : 

The children join hands 
in a ring, and turn around. 


94 



“ Drop the Handkerchief.” 






singing some fam-il-iar song. 

One of their number is 
left out-side, and holds a 
hand-ker-chief. 

He walks qui-et-ly around 
the circle, and, when not 
observed, drops the hand- 
ker-chief behind some play- 
er on the ground, and then 
crying “Find” runs off. 

The one behind whom 
the hand-ker-chief lies must 
pick it up, and try to catch 
the one who dropped it 
there, before he can make 
his way to the ring and 
take his pur-su-er’s place. 

Each player must be on 

96 


the alert for himself, for no 
one is allowed to draw a- 
no-ther’s at-ten-tion to the 
fact that the hand-ker-chief 
has been dropped. 

“Little Sally Waters” is 
a fa-vor-ite game with all 
little folks. 

One little girl sits on the 
ground and pretends to be 
crying, while the rest join 
hands and circle around her, 
singing: 

“Little Sally Waters, a-sitting in 
the sun. 

Crying and weeping for a young 
man to come; 

Rise, Sally, rise, wipe your weep- 
ing eyes, 


06 


Fly to the East, 

Fly to the West, 

Fly to the one 
That you love best." 

At the con-clu-sion of the 
song they all stand. Sally 
rises and chooses one from 
the ring, a kiss is given, and 
the chosen one takes Sally’s 
place. 



97 



CHAPTER XII 

A HAPPY SURPRISE 

The games went on mer- 
ri-ly until five o’clock, when 
Madam Aster called them 
for tea. 

It was indeed a pretty 
sight as they took their plac- 
es at the table. 

Each little face flushed 
with the ex-cite-ment caused 
by their hard play, and with 
splendid ap-pe-tites, as all 
healthy little girls have, they 

98 


stood ready and waiting to 
eat ev-ery-thing given to 
them. 

The sun, now getting low, 
threw a soft yellow sheen 
across the lawn, and ev-ery- 
thing took on a golden color, 
which seemed almost to 
match the little frocks worn 
by the Dan-de-lion sisters. 

The crickets were singing 
their e-ven-ing song, and a 
bold, red-breasted robin 
hopped along the path, 
chirping as he went. 

The stately Sun-flow-er 
fam-i-ly, who lived in a row 
next the fence, nodded to 

uOFC. 99 


each other as they looked 
on with dig-ni-ty, and 
thought how sad it was that 
they were grown up, and 
could not be in-vit-ed to this 
lawn party. 

The old gar-den-er had 
been watching, with kind 
in-ter-est, these little girls, 
ever since the day he had 
helped little Betty to pick 
the straw-ber-ries, and 
thought how much he would 
like to help them in some 
way. 

He spoke to his mistress, 
who lived in the large stone 
house at the entrance to this 


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asked her advice. 

She at once said: “Oh! 
I know every little girl likes 
ice cream. We will send 
some to them.” 

You can im-ag-ine the 
surprise of these little girls 
when the old gar-den-er 
came tugging a huge tub 
filled with ice into the school 
grounds. 

Straight up to the table 
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“Oh dear me! What can 
the old gar-den-er have 
there.” 


101 


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til he had laid sev-er-al on 
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prise of these little girls, he 
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them, frozen in the shape of 
an-i-mals, flowers, birds and 
apples. 

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most too good to be true. 


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Did you ever know of a 
little girl or boy who did 
not like ice cream ? 

Little Betty Mar-i-gold 
did not forget her new friend, 
Danny, and flew across to 
his table with a Bunny, 
which looked so much like 
a real Bunny that it was 
hard to make him believe it 
was only ice cream. 

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the “sand-man” had begun 
to make it known to Madam 


103 


Aster that he was very much 
in ev-i-dence. 

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up the party, but felt it was 
now time for them to return 
home. 

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her, and asked that they 
listen to little Polly Prim- 
rose, who had something to 
tell them before she bade 
them good-night. 

They gathered around 
Madam Aster, and thanked 
her for the lovely time she 
had given them. 

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^mounted the steps leading 

104 


to the school room, where 
she could be heard by all, 
and said : 

“Dear school-mates, in 
just two months from to-day, 
I shall have a birthday, and 
my dear mother said I might 
invite you all to come to 
spend the af-ter-noon with 
me, and of course Danny, 
Peter and Jimmie must come 
too, and all the little Dan- 
de-lion sisters.” 

When she had fin-ished, 
little Betty Mar-i-gold ran 
up the steps, and stood be- 
side her little friend, saying: 

“My dear teacher and lit- 

105 


tie flower friends, before we 
go, let us repeat our motto,” 
and each little voice joined 
Betty’s clear, sweet tones, 
softly saying, “We must do 
for others as we would have 
others do for us.” 

“Such a happy ending to 
our lawn party,” thought 
little Betty Mar-i-gold. 

must do for others as we 
would ha^ve others do for us." 



106 



“ Let Us Repeat Our Motto.” 






ARE YOU 
GOING TO 
THE PARTY? 


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for the next volume in the “GAR- 
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PRIMROSE AND HER FRIENDS,” which will be 
published early in 1908. 

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little Polly’s party, and to know more about all the 
delightful little friends whose acquaintance you have 
made in this story. 

You will meet many new friends too, — especially 
among the little Wild Flower children. The Wild 
Flower children will be different in many ways from 
those you have met in this book, but fully as quaint and 
lovable. The story will be full of delightful surprises. 

The pictures in the next volume will be just as 
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the flowers mentioned in the story, in all the beauty 
of their natural colors. These Nature studies will be 
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Send in your order early for this volume. 

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